Ironer roll covering assembly



March 23, 1954 IRONER ROLL COVERING ASSEMBLY Filed Sept. ,2. 1950 finviAM/v @A/Aw AWME).

B. FORMAN 2,672,678

Patented Mar. 23, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,672,678- IRONER ROLL COVERING ASSEMBLY Benjamin Forman, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application September'Z, 1950, Serial No. 182,974

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to laundryiron ing machinery and more particularly to ironing roll padding and covering assemblies.

Anobject of this invention is to provide an ironing roll padding and covering assembly of enced in ironing roll coverings, by affording substantiall'y'true cylindrical form.

Another object of this invention is to provide a novel and improved assembly of the type set forth, which is-reasonabl'y cheap'to manufacture, easy to assemble and mount, and efiicient in carrying out the purposes for which it is designed.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent as this disclosure proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of: this specification, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic perspective view showing an ironing roll padding and covering assembly in accordance with the teachings of this invention. The padding and covering assembly is here shown spread out except for a small portion mounted on the roll proper.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the roll with the padding and covering assembly fully mounted on the roll.

In the drawings, an end of the lead cloth generally denoted by the numeral I5, is suitably secured by sewing or otherwise, to an end of the cover member 16 as shown at IT. The lead cloth is preferably of absestos fabric and the cover member, in practice is usually of a heat-resistant and moisture resistant sheeting. Sheetings of other materials for these components are well known in this art and may be used, of course. I make the lead cloth in twoparts joined by any suitable separable fastening means as for instance the zipper N3; the line of said zipper being preferably parallel to the seam line H, and its position with respect to other components of the assembly, will be set forth later.

The free end of the lead cloth I 5 is cemented or otherwise suitably mounted or secured across but a narrow strip E5 to effect attachment of the lead cloth to the ironing roll, andimmediately follow with a single layer of asbestos padding 20 covered by the lead cloth around the roll I9 The length of this asbestos padding 201 is such" that its ends G and D, would meet in abutment, but for the lead cloth portion I5" betweenthem'.

I now continue laying the lead cloth i5 aroundthe roll it for a fraction of a turn; the zipperline ld-being in the pieceof lead cloth-laid on in such fraction turn. Then I insert a single layer of preferably a cotton padding 2i, winding it about the rolland covering saidcotton padding with'the small remaining portion of the lead cl'othl5 and with the cover sheet member l6, which latter is of a length tooverlap itself; the overlap being left loose as is the practice. The length of the cotton padding 21, inthis preferred embodiment, is such that its ends A and Bwouldmeet in abutment, but for the lead cloth portion I 5 between them; Theironing roll so covered; is now'ready for use:

It is to be noted that dimensions are such that when the padding and covering assembly is laid out fiat, ready to be applied to the ironing roll l9, so as to accomplish the assembled structure described, the asbestos padding 20 is on the lead cloth I 5, spaced from the free end of said lead cloth and terminating short of and spaced from the line of the zipper [8. Also, the cotton padding 2| is on the cover member [6, inward of the free end of said cover member and extending over the seam line I1, onto the lead cloth l5 and terminating short of and spaced from the line of the zipper I8. Hence the zipper is between and spaced from both paddings as shown in Fig. 1. The paddings, as explained, are of a length respectively, so when wound on the roll l9, each of said paddings is one full turn thereabout. The diameter of the ironing roll I 9, will of course determine the lengths of the components of the covering structure. So that the entire covering means may be delivered ready for application, the paddings may be properly positioned on the lead and cover members by a spot hold.

It is important to note my preferred choice of the padding material. Asbestos paddinswillre/ Willa,

3 sist burn, but tends to harden under continued influence of heat and moisture. Cotton padding though subject to burn, will remain resilient though under a continued heat influence. It is this resiliency which is necessary to be ever presant to accomplish proper ironing.

In practice, it is found that the cover sheet member I6 gets worn and that cotton padding chars and after extensive use, loses considerable of its resilient quality, while the asbestos padding and the lead cloth remain good a long time. Hence the reason for the separable fastener 18, so that replacement of spent parts may be made as a unit.

Heretofore, the said separable fastener was the junctur of lead cloth and cover member. It is however easier in manufacture to have the line of junctur of the discardable part to be in the material of the lead cloth, because it is relatively diflicult to mount separable fastener components along the end of the cover member which is not so pliable a material as the lead cloth which is easy to work on. Also note that if the line of the zipper were at H, access to accompli h replace ment of the cover sheet and cotton padding would be awkward in comparison to the ready accessibility afforded by the exposed line at H! in the set up shown in Fig. 1, especially so because the lead cloth and the asbestos padding remain on the ironing machine.

Also to be noted is that a minimum of mate.- rial is used for the covering structure, thus making it very economical and that the avoidance of overlap in the paddings respectively, elimihates any bulging thereby so that the covered roll present as true a cylindrical surface as is possible.

This invention is capable of numerous forms and various applications without departing from the essential features herein disclosed. It is therefore intended and desired that the embodiment shown herein be deemed illustrative and not restrictive and that the patent shall cover all patentable novelty herein set forth; reference being had to the following claim rather than to the specific description herein to indicate the scope of this invention.

I claim:

In combination, an ironing roller, a covering assembly wound on said ironing roller, compris- 4 ing a lead cloth attached at one end to the radial face of the roller, a cover sheet member; the other end of the lead cloth and one end of the cover member being joined; said lead cloth being of two successive parts; the first of said parts being the one that is attached to the roller and the second of said parts being the one that is joined to the cover member, a separable fastening means joining said parts of the lead cloth; the first of said parts being comparatively long and the second of said parts of the lead cloth being comparatively short, a first padding wholly on the lead cloth extending spaced inward from both ends of the first part of the lead cloth and a second padding on the cover member and the second part of the lead cloth, extending spaced from the free end of the cover member and on only part of said second part of the lead cloth and spaced from the first padding; said fastening means being along a line within the space between the two paddings when the covering as-- sembly is flat; each of said paddings being of a length to make only a single turn around the roller when the covering assembly is wound on the roller whereby the first padding makes the first layer of padding wound on the roller, the second padding makes the second layer of padding wound on the roller and the lead cloth makes a layer between and in contact with said two padding layers and th separable fastening means is between said two padding layers; the cover member being of a nature to require comparatively frequent replacement; the lead cloth being of pliable material and the cover sheet member being of comparatively less pliable material.

BENJAMIN FORMAN.

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